Retract upgrade for your nice new P-38

[ruffneckx1]

STEADY LADS.

[JFandL]

ROFL, Hold the bus!!!

[DonRhone]

Why does RC Castle have the new Flightline sprung struts advertised and Motion RC does not?

http://www.rc-castle.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=6140

[DonRhone]

Why does RC Castle have the new Flightline sprung struts advertised and Motion RC does not?

http://www.rc-castle.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=6140

[benjack71]

Why does RC Castle have the new Flightline sprung struts advertised and Motion RC does not?

http://www.rc-castle.com/index.php?r...roduct_id=6140

My guess is because Motion's order is on a container, on board a ship, somewhere in the Pacific. RC Castle your buying from Taiwan or Hong Kong, I have purchased from them before. Be ready to pay some shipping

[Lon]

My guess is because Motion's order is on a container, on board a ship, somewhere in the Pacific. RC Castle your buying from Taiwan or Hong Kong, I have purchased from them before. Be ready to pay some shipping

dang! $24 in shipping....and how ever long to get here.... I can wait.

[Brandon Moon]

I actually have a set of those struts on the way here from RC-Castel, and the shipping was only $8. I ordered them along with several Lemon RX's. Typically I receive my orders from them in about a 7 to 14 days. My last order from them was here in 6 days from shipping notice.

[stitch]

i just ordered some shipping was 6.00 bucks.

[xviper]

i just ordered some shipping was 6.00 bucks.

Yup, that's about right. I put a few other things in my order and the shipping was $9.00 CAN. I don't know where that $24.00 came from. Musta asked for "high speed, super duper, Peregrine Falcon, ultra expedited delivery".

[Lon]

Yup, that's about right. I put a few other things in my order and the shipping was $9.00 CAN. I don't know where that $24.00 came from. Musta asked for "high speed, super duper, Peregrine Falcon, ultra expedited delivery".

My bad...a "Senior" moment, not paying attention to details

	Registered Air Parcel [U.S.A (Weight: 145.00g)]	US$6.90
EMS Speedpost
	EMS Speedpost [U.S.A (Weight: 145.00)]	US$24.50
Fedex Economy (Just for battery products & small parts)
	Fedex Economy (Just for battery products & small parts) [U.S.A (Weight: 145.00)]	US$23.50

I just seen the big $ costs for shipping, and looked right by the $6.90....sigh....

[xviper]

My bad...a "Senior" moment, not paying attention to details

	Registered Air Parcel [U.S.A (Weight: 145.00g)]	US$6.90
EMS Speedpost
	EMS Speedpost [U.S.A (Weight: 145.00)]	US$24.50
Fedex Economy (Just for battery products & small parts)
	Fedex Economy (Just for battery products & small parts) [U.S.A (Weight: 145.00)]	US$23.50

I just seen the big $ costs for shipping, and looked right by the $6.90....sigh....

That explains it. Those are the "super duper", high priced shipping methods, although they aren't really "falcon" speed (more like albatross speed). EMS and FedEx will also result in brokerage fees when the guy rings your doorbell, at least for me, it has in the past. EMS and FedEx have no sense of humor, only pure business all the way.
I've had stuff shipped via EMS, FedEx, UPS from China and all of them take about 2 weeks (give or take) once it gets to Hong Kong. Air parcel takes from 1 week to 10 days. Go figure. On the other hand, FedEx from HobbyKing in Oregon by ground can take 3 business days, but as always, I get a bill for brokerage. Air Parcel from China arrives by postal service and 99% of the time, I get away Scot free.

PS, When I don't see Air Parcel and the cheap method, I buy from someone else now, so I don't blame you for wanting to wait.

[stitch]

i don,t have mine put together yet so i,m in no hurry.i like dhl i get my things in 3 days.

[dkalwishky]

I contacted MotionRC this morning asking about this, this was their response. Since I'm in no hurry I'm going to wait on the upgraded gear from FlightlineRC.


"Thanks for contacting us on the P-38 and FlightlinRC is working on an upgraded landing gear system it has not been released yet. The upgrade that you see from RC castle is from some company called top-design which we do not deal with. Once FlightlineRC has their new designed gear struts available we will carry them."

[TSHobbies]

So, is this the one from FL then?

https://www.facebook.com/freewingmodel/photos/a.1590171914543066.1073741829.1459292350964357/1955706661322921/?type=3&theater

[TiredIronGRB]

I'll stick with my Freewing P-51 strut conversion...the one that started all of this

[xviper]

So, is this the one from FL then?
https://www.facebook.com/freewingmod...type=3&theater

The "Top Design" ones are nicer looking with some nice little touches. However, since the "factory" designed ones should be direct drop in, they should be an easy transplant, while the TD ones are not. They require some fiddling to make them work, even more so if you are using the bigger wheels from the P-51.

[Brandon Moon]

A little dissapointed they didn't put the siscors on the main struts

[stitch]

i have them in mine not bad to do.i put 2 3/4 wheels on mains and 2 1/2 on front.only thing i found you need to do is put 2 springs inside each main strut.it is no big thing they give you extra springs in case you need to do that. i,m using 2 3000 battery,s maybe why i had to add extra springs it is heavy. looks nice too!

[stitch]

as soon as wife done with camera i will post some pic,s.

[stitch]

here some pic,s of retracks.i will flip over take more but all you do is take retrack out on each side is a allen screw loosen it up slide out old gear slide in new tighten back down put retrack back in.